The Republicans do not seem to have paid an electoral price for dismissing the idea as class warfare and preventing its implementation in Congress.

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As with any large-scale network initiative, implementation of this carrier-class Wi-Fi transition will take some time, but rest assured these issues are being addressed by the mobile operator community and at least one of their Wi-Fi suppliers.

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